What causes COVID-19?
What causes COVID-19?
COVID-19 is caused by infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus strain.
What is the impact of COVID-19 on an old age population?
Although all age groups are at risk of contracting COVID-19, older people face significant risk of developing severe illness if they contract the disease due to physiological changes that come with ageing and potential underlying health conditions.
Is COVID-19 caused by a virus or a bacteria?
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a virus, NOT by bacteria.
What are the symptoms of multiple sclerosis ( MS )?
About 80% of people with MS feel very tired, making it one of the most common symptoms. But a number of things can make you feel exhausted, including a sleep disorder, depression, or too little iron in your blood.
How are blood tests used to diagnose MS?
Tools for making a diagnosis. Blood tests While there is no definitive blood test for MS, blood tests can rule out other conditions that cause symptoms similar to those of MS, including lupus erythematosis, Sjogrens, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, some infections, and rare hereditary diseases.
When to see a doctor for multiple sclerosis?
The results, recently published in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal, showed that, in the five years before a first demyelinating event, people with a diagnosis of MS had attended hospital or visited a doctor more frequently than those without MS. The visits involved symptoms of the nervous, sensory, musculoskeletal and urinary systems of the body.
When is Ms considered as a potential diagnosis?
When MS is considered as a potential diagnosis, other causes must be excluded — through the tools and tests outlined below — before an MS diagnosis is considered definitive. While this process of exclusion may be quick for some, it can also take much longer, with repeat testing sometimes needed.